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Rejected by Y Combinator? Good →
Filtering the internet's smartest opportunities you didn't know you needed (yet)...
Doone Roisin
May 08, 2026
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🌟 Want your brand in front of 600 high-profile guests in Beverly Hills? → The LadyLike Foundation is sourcing gift bag products for its Women of Excellence Awards honouring names like Coco Jones: pitch Toi here to get involved.
💸 $1K every single month for women entrepreneurs → The HerRise MicroGrant is giving non-equity funding to under-resourced women founders (especially women of color) to help cover the stuff that actually moves the business forward.
🚫 Rejected by Y Combinator? Good → A founder in Paris is throwing a demo night exclusively for YC rejects and you literally have to show proof of rejection to get in. Silicon Valley failure lore but make it hot (I’m obsessed).
💗 Growth Fellowship @ Chambiar (remote, 12-week AI fellowship) → If you want hands-on startup experience inside the AI chaos, this fellowship lets you work on growth, partnerships + brand strategy at an early-stage company. So cool.
🎥 Video Content Creator @ Harvey ($68K–$103K + equity, remote) → Help teach the future of AI-powered work by creating educational videos for one of tech’s hottest AI startups… this one’s big.
🩺 Client Success Manager @ Maven Clinic ($106K–$125K, remote) → Work at the unicorn redefining women’s healthcare and become the strategic brain behind major employer accounts.
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💄 Violet Grey is basically the LVMH talent scout of beauty. The luxury retailer helped turn brands like Augustinus Bader and Crown Affair into cult-status obsessions and is now quietly becoming the launchpad for every prestige beauty founder.
🤖 A med student spent six months trying to prove AI killed his job apps. After getting ghosted over and over - the story has become internet fuel for everyone convinced the job market is secretly run by bots.
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